Water-conducting membrane allows carbon dioxide to quickly turn into fuel

Methanol is a versatile and effective chemical that is used as

fuel for the production of large quantities of products. Carbon dioxide (CO2), on the other hand, is a greenhouse gas and an unwanted byproduct of many industrial processes.

The conversion of CO2 to methanol is one ofways to effectively use carbon dioxide. Now scientists are using several reactions to convert carbon dioxide to methanol, but water is a side effect in them, the presence of which seriously reduces the reaction time.

Now the researchers have developed a membrane that filters out the water formed during the reactions, and sodium ions and zeolite crystals allow the liquid to be removed without loss of gas molecules.

When we can remove the water, the balance will shift, which means that more CO2 will be converted and more methanol will be produced.

Huazhen Li, lead author of the study

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